FOI/202600500672 · FOI · not held
Scottish Minister media training: FOI release
Information requested
Please confirm all media training, voice coaching, public speaking coaching or presentational training provided to Scottish Government ministers in each of the last five full financial years, including 2025-26 to date. In each individual case, please confirm which minister received the training, how much it cost, who the provider was and what was the reason for the training being provided?
Response
Some of the information requested is publicly available from https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202200309585/, which covers from 2018 to July 2022. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
Following a search of Scottish Government corporate systems, including ERDM and Outlook, the following information has been identified relating to media training:
22 May 2024 - Minister for Housing 22 April 2024 - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity 19 April 2024 - Minister for Public Health & Women's Health 5 March 2024 - Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development 27 February 2024 - Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity 24 January 2024 - Minister for Equalities, Migration & Refugees 14 November 2023 - Minister for Children, Young People & Keeping the Promise 8 June 2023 - Minister for Equalities, Migration & Refugees 7 June 2023 - Minister for Parliamentary Business 6 June 2023 - Minister for Public Health & Women's Health 24 May 2023 - Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity 17 May 2023 - Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning 17 May 2023 - Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance 17 May 2023 - Minister for Housing 10 May 2023 - Minister for Victims & Community Safety
Media training offers Ministers and civil servants skills to represent the Scottish Government professionally and effectively in media appearances. Since 2016, all media training for Ministers has been provided by Scottish Government Communications Division staff at no additional cost.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold the information regarding the reason the media training was being provided. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold any information relating to Scottish Ministers undertaking voice coaching, public speaking coaching or presentational training in each of the last five full financial years, including 2025-26 to date.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
About FOI
The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.
Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Detected exemption language
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
Attachments
No attachments found.